Hi everyone, I've been working on a fanedit of Rogue One (called Rogue One: The Battle of Scarif) and as part of my work on it, I had to create a custom opening crawl. Since I assume many other people might find it helpful to have a template available for their own uses, I've decided to share my project files with the community.Everything you need is contained in this folder, but you will need a copy of the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite to open the project files. The actual text column was created in Adobe Illustrator, and the animation of the text (plus the starfield) was created in Adobe After Effects.So here's what you do:1. Make sure you have Adobe After Effects and Illustrator installed on your computer.2. Install the included fonts in the template folder (Trajan Pro, News Gothic LT Bold, Univers LT Std).
![]()
These are normally included on most computers but you never know.3. Open the Illustrator file titled Rogue One scroll text v2.ai. Adjust the text for your project as needed. Keep in mind that all the Star Wars crawls are around 80-90 words total, with three paragraphs breaking them up.4. Open the After Effects project file. The Illustrator file is already linked to this project file, so whatever you text you alter will automatically be updated in After Effects. Everything is already animated and ready to go.the text moves at the exact pace and angle of the actual crawls from the films.5.
The animation tilts down by default and hovers on a blank starfield for several seconds. It is up to you to decide what elements to lay on top of this area. If you'd like to change the direction of the tilt, alter the position keyframes of the layer marked NULL 4.
![]()
Or, just leave it as isAny questions, feel free to ask. I also included a pair of aspect ratio plates in 4K resolution. These add black bars to the top and bottom of a 16x9 frame. I believe all the Star Wars films were shot in 2:39 aspect ratio, which may be helpful if you decide to add your own effects shots.-eldusto84.
![]()
With the release of the new Star Wars trailer “The last Jedi” our inner nerd got excited again. So of course we had to do something original, no lightsaber effects, with the star wars theme.
And what’s cooler then the always awesome intro from the movies? In the new trailer is an end title with the logo of Star Wars and 3D text spinning around while fading in. For this tutorial we explain how you can animate your text in 3D to create the same effect as the end title.Everything is 3D these days, from 3D, movies to printing to virtual reality. You can’t think of a life without it. But what is 3D exact? It stands for 3 dimensions, width, height and depth (X, Y and Z). The term is generally applied when something that is traditionally flat (2D), such as a movie, has depth added.
This depth is an illusion created by adding perspective. In movies they create 3D by filming the subject from two different perspectives, special projection hardware and 3D eyewear.With some creativity, we create the illusion that our text is extruded and lays in a 3D space. Because Premiere Pro does not have a 3D engine, but this doesn’t stop us from creating an awesome 3D title. We create this illusion with the “drop shadow” effect to extrude your text. Next we’ll animate out title with the “Basic 3D” plugin to make it spin around in a 3D space.Combine this with some lighting effects and the fonts from star wars and you have an awesome title right out of the new Star Wars movie. You can of course create this a lot easier inside Adobe After Effects, but we are Premiere Pro Jedis and the force is strong in us! VideoBlocksThis video was supported by, an easy to use site full of stock footage, vector images, stock photos, music, sound effects and more.
Categories Tags, Post navigation.
May 04, 2015 Learn how to create the iconic Star Wars rolling credits in this awesome After Effects video tutorial. There’s probably no typography more recognizable to audiences than the Star Wars crawling text intro.
![]() Comments are closed.
|
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
March 2023
Categories |